title: Unique isothermal crystallization behavior of novel polyphenylene sulfide/inorganic fullerene-like WS2 nanocomposites.
abstract: The isothermal crystallization of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) nanocomposites with inorganic fullerene-like tungsten disulfide nanoparticles (IF-WS2) has been studied from a thermal and morphological point of view, using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), polarized optical microscopy (POM) and time-resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction. All the analyses revealed that the incorporation of the IF-WS2 altered significantly the crystallization behavior of PPS, in a way strongly dependent with the nanocomposite composition. The addition of IF-WS2 in 0.1 wt % proportion retarded the crystallization of PPS by increasing its fold surface free energy in a 10%. However, addition of the nanoparticles in excess of 1 wt % results in a promotion of the crystallization rate with reduction of the fold surface free energy to half the value of pure PPS.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física e Ingeniería de Polímeros, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. mnaffakh@ictp.csic.es
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naffakh
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marco
authors.forename: Marián A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jiménez